STAR WARS

Harrison Ford Injured by the Millennium Falcon on J.J. Abrams’sStar Wars Set

This will teach J.J. Abrams to keep the Millennium Falcon out of the spotlight. A week after the Star Wars: Episode VII director issued fans a handwritten note cheekily asking them to stop “making ridiculous claims” that the fictional spacecraft would appear in his sequel to George Lucas’s franchise, the Millennium Falcon has reportedly injured Harrison Ford in what we can only assume was a redemptive strategy to get its fair share of P.R.

Ford’s injury was confirmed today by Disney, who issued the following statement to The Hollywood Reporter: “Harrison Ford sustained an ankle injury during filming today on the set of Star Wars: Episode VII. He was taken to a local hospital and is receiving care. Shooting will continue as planned while he recuperates.”

An unidentified source however, possibly the spacecraft itself, followed up with additional details, noting that Ford “was injured by the door of the Millennium Falcon, the spacecraft that his character pilots in the original films.”

We wish Ford a speedy recovery and the entire production crew the knowledge to not mess with the Millennium Falcon’s publicity in the future.

Earlier this month, the production confirmed that it had cast newly minted Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o in the highly anticipated film.